a.translates information from the environment
so that the nervous system can be affected by it.

b.provides information to the nervous
system.c.is empirical, or data based.

d.involves information from the environment.

2.A ______________ is a system that
translates data from outside the nervous system into neural activity, thus giving the brain information about the world.

a.perceptionb.stimulusc.receptive fieldd.sense

3.Sensation and perception

a.are different because perceptions
are raw data interpreted by sensation.

b.cannot be clearly separated.c.occur
seconds apart in the same location of our nervous system.

d.are the same basic neurophysiological
process.

4.When you listen to your favorite CD,
the speakers create vibrations in the air. These vibrations are mechanical energy that must be converted into a neural response
so that your brain can understand it and you can perceive the music. The conversion process is known as

a.transmission. b.transduction. c.translation.d.coding.

5.While walking outside, you notice the sun shining.Your seeing the sunshine is related to visual processing of the light in your brain. The process by which
physical energy (the sunshine) has been converted to neural activity in your brain is called

a.reticular formation.b.habituation.c.transduction.d.accommodation.

6.After
wearing a pair of glasses for a while, you probably can’t feel them in contact with your skin. This is evidence of

7.Wiley
Coyote is setting a trap for the Road Runner when he accidentally drops an anvil onto his left foot. The pain sensations from
his left foot would be represented in the _ of Wiley’s brain.

a.left side b.front c.right sided.back

8.When
you listen to your favorite music, what is the order in which the sound approaches and enters your nervous system and is interpreted
by your brain?

a.Ear, thalamus, auditory association
cortex, primary auditory cortex

b.Ear, thalamus, primary auditory cortex,
auditory association cortex

c.Ear, primary auditory cortex, auditory
association cortex, thalamus

d.Ear, auditory association cortex,
primary auditory cortex, thalamus

9.In
science fiction movies, when space ships shoot each other, the audience hears a loud bang. In reality, no sound should occur
because

a.it is too cold in space for sound
to travel.

b.in space, sound travels at the speed
of light—too fast for humans to hear.

c.sound requires a medium like air,
which is absent in the vacuum of space.

d.these sounds are beyond the range
of normal human hearing.

10.Jake has
decided to buy a new stereo that produces high-quality sound so that he can pick out all the individual instruments when listening
to his classical music CDs. In Jake’s stereo purchase he is most concerned
about the ______________ of the sound that it produces.

a.loudness b.timbre c.pitchd.compression

11.Brittany observed that the people having conversations on cell phones were quite loud, while those having conversations
on pay phones were quite soft-spoken.Those using cell phones were producing
a higher ______ of sound waves than were those using pay phones.

a.amplitudeb.frequencyc.timbred.wavelength

12.Terry loves
to listen to the violin. As a joke, Carry replaced Terry’s favorite CD, “Sounds of the Violin,” with the
CD “Sounds of the Cello.” When the music started playing, Terry immediately knew that the sounds were not made by the violin because each instrument has a unique

a.pitch. b.frequency. c.wavelength.d.timbre.

13.If you want to raise the pitch of Coach Knight’s
voice so that it can only be heard by dogs, you will need to decrease its

a.wavelength.b.frequency.c.amplitude.d.timbre.

14.As you listen to your brilliant psychology instructor in class,
the sound will travel through which of the following paths?

a.Pinna, auditory nerve, thalamus, primary auditory cortex

b.Pinna, cochlea, thalamus, auditory nerve, LGN

c.Cochlea, ear canal, thalamus, primary auditory cortex

d.Cochlea, thalamus, auditory nerve, primary auditory cortex

15.Vince wants
to prove his love to his girlfriend. He was thinking of giving her sunflowers, but on this starry, starry night he decides
to cut off one of his outer ears and give it to her. Having taken psychology, Vince’s girlfriend replies, “How
sweet, you have given me a(n) ______________ from your auditory system.”

16.The evil
scientist, Simon B. Sinister has captured our hero, Wonderdog. Simon attaches electrodes to the receptors in Wonderdog’s
cochlea. When Simon electrically stimulates the receptors, what will be the effect on Wonderdog?

a.Wonderdog will experience no pain.b.Wonderdog will lose consciousness.

c.The bones of Wonderdog’s middle
ear will fuse together.

d.Wonderdog will hear a strange noise.

17.Sound input
from the left ear goes primarily to the

a.right cortex.b.medulla.c.left cortex.d.hypothalamus.

18.Azul’s job is to create an exhibit at the science museum
that lets people walk through a giant “eye” so they can understand how it works. If the museum visitors are supposed
to follow the same path as real photons do, Azul should arrange their path to follow which order?

a.Cornea, pupil, lens, retinab.Pupil, cornea, lens, retina

c.Cornea, pupil, retina, lensd.Pupil, cornea, retina, lens

19.Karlie
is always told that she has beautiful eyes. To which part of her eye are people most
likely to be referring when they tell her this?

a.Cornea b.Iris c.Pupild.Lens

20.Wearing
contact lenses, which rest on the surface of the eye, for extended periods would increase the risk of damage to which accessory
structure of the eye?

a.Lensb.Retinac.Pupild.Cornea

21.Kerri does
not like light and wants to see no light at all. She could accomplish this by removing the ____ from both of her eyes.

a.corneab.lensc.retinad.basilar membrane

22.Laurie is watching Teletubbies.The lens in her eye bends light rays so that the image of La La and Po is focused
on a certain point of the retina.The ability for her lens to change shape to
bend light is called

a.assimilation.b.adaptation.c.accommodation.d.anchoring.

23.After a bizarre beer brewing accident, Dirk experiences an eye
injury. Dirk can’t see very well in low light conditions or at night. Dirk probably has malfunctioning

a.cubes. b.spheres. c.cones.d.rods.

24.Rudy has trouble with his vision because he was born without
any rods.Rudy most likely experiences all of the following except

25.You are having trouble reading a word in an exam item because
the type is blurry.So you move the page to be able to see the word most clearly.You have probably just focused the word onto your

a.optic nerve. b.stapes.c.iris.d.fovea.

26.You are
able to see crisp edges and sharp contrast because ofyour

a.bipolar cells.b.ganglion cells.c.optic nerve.d.pupil.

27.Because of an eye injury, you have to temporarily
wear a patch over one eye. Using your uncovered eye, you notice that there is a small region of the visual field where you
cannot see anything. This is known as

28.When you look at a picture, information about the right visual field is sent to the left hemisphere of the brain
and information about the left visual field is sent to the right hemisphere of the brain.This cross over occurs in the

36.-Jonathan has been involved in a car accident
and has suffered damage to his thalamus. Jonathan’s sense of

_____ will be least impaired by his injuries.

a.-smell b.-vision c.-tasted.-hearing

37. As soon as Rashidat caught
a whiff of the cologne of the woman sitting in front of him in class, he was attracted to her. Though she was a complete stranger, her smell was familiar. He was unable to place the

smell, but
it brought back good memories. Why?

a.-Rashidat was downwind from the woman’s pheromones.

b.-Connections from the olfactory bulb are plentiful in the amygdala.

c.-Rashidat’s vomeronasal organ was activated.d.-The woman’s odor type was the same as his.

38.-A strange male rat takes over a territory
occupied by a pregnant female. Even though they have no direct

contact, the female aborts her pregnancy and becomes sexually receptive. This kind of communication